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Home > Workshop and Training > IN JAPAN > Fiscal Year 2010 > FY 2010 JICA-Commissioned Training Course Completed on Waste Management for Promoting Recycling-Oriented Societies in Central and South America

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Update:July 14, 2010

FY 2010 JICA-Commissioned Training Course Completed on Waste Management for Promoting Recycling-Oriented Societies in Central and South America

A fiscal year 2010 training course on “Waste Management for Promoting Recycling-Oriented Societies in Central and South America”, which was commissioned by JICA, was completed on July 2.
In the nearly 40-day course of lectures and visits to environment-related sites, 16 participants from ten Central and South American countries learned about methods for promoting the 3Rs of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and efficient waste management technologies in Japan, such as the concept of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Zero-Emission, material recycle, and thermal recycle. At the end of the course, they made proposals for action plans to be pursued back in their countries.
After lectures, they took turns at expressing their thanks to the lecturers and the representatives at the sites that they visited, and also presented the lecturers folkcraft from their countries as a token of their gratitude.
As a class of environmental education, the participants visited an elementary school where students have been making efforts to save energy and resources. By working on environmental activities together, they enjoyed deepening exchanges with third-year students, who also entertained them with music. Later, they received thank-you letters from the students and teachers.
On holidays, they also participated in clean-up activities on the beach, enjoyed going to a hot spring near ICETT by bicycle and taking walks, and had many opportunities to come in touch with Japanese customs and culture, such as the tea ceremony. On the home visit program, they had valuable experiences thanks to their host families. After these experiences, they all left Japan with many pleasant memories.
We would like to express our gratitude to all the lecturers and other parties involved for the full and cordial support. (Tamura)

Presentation of action plan


Clean-up on the beach

At Amana Elementary School in Suzuka


Commemorative photo after closing ceremony